salvothasock

so i was thinking - oh, hi - yeah, i was thinking that i dont do enough reading. because i really like to sit down wherever my writing tool may be, i use typewriters/laptops/desktops and classy pen and ink, and i just enjoy doin that.

but im thinking, i cant really be a writer, i cant think of myself as someone who loves to write, and i do, but i think i need to read at least 2 books a week. i mean i sleep from 3am to noon, and have two hours before work, so i just try to wake up, or fall back asleep if im too tired, and then work until midnight, and write for 3 hours or so... so i cant read at work, and would rather spend my free time writing, and on my days off you ask? im an impulsive shopper. i am too jittery to read during the day. oh it is such a drag man.

point me in the way of some good books that i can pick up once in awhile and not lose any kind of momentum.

on another note, hitting two birds with one stone, i was thinking that since i love to write right, that i dont have to spend my time working at a gas station writing poetry about the strange people coming in and gossiping and whining and blah blahing, so i was thinking that i could take a course or two at unh in journalism? get paid for writing consistently? what do ya think people, i need to know.

thankss

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Scratches

Pick up "Life After God" by Douglas Coupland. He's a wonderful writer, and the whole thing is written in fairly short segments spread out over several pages, so it's good if you don't have time to delve too deeply.

Welcome to the forum!

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lisajane

First, welcome .

Why don't you actually write that poetry about the strange people? You could end up with a book of poetry on strange people! It might give you story ideas, and maybe you can do your job and do the course at the same time. You might not get paid straight off the bat, but if you keep at it you might well be.

Instead of reading books, maybe you could just read short stories. You could read one short story one day, and the next time you feel like and have time to read, you could read another and you wouldn't lose the plot because it's a new story.

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